The LINQ Hotel & Casino Deluxe

The VegasTripping Review 2015

Posted by Chuckmonster

The shower is a combination glass enclosure and shower curtain. The two together are awkward and slightly weird, like putting Velveeta on proscuitto. There is opportunity here to invent a shower interior barn door contraption that will keep the overspray in but not be bulky and gross like traditional shower door track systems.

The great news here is that the shower head is super high, saving tall folks from doing the limbo when washing their hair as well as offering the quasi-sensation of a rain head to every one else.

The black box is weird... some kind of soffit to hide the plumbing? I wonder if this has a stylistic purpose or is a renovation band aid.

Caesars Entertainment has led the charge amongst Las Vegas resort owners in reducing, re-routing and recycling partially used hotel amenities. Every day over a hundred thousand amenity items - partly-used bars of soap, bottles of shampoo, body wash and conditioner - are sent to the landfill. Caesars Entertainment sought to do something about this a few years ago and launched their "Code Green" environmental initiative, specifically targeting hotel room amenities for reduction, distribution for reuse and material recycling.

To this end, LINQ has installed an amenities dispenser in their showers which will reduce plastic bottle production and disposal, reduce costs of product waste and the impact on all of these have on the environment. Environmental sustainability is an issue I'm passionate about I can't say how happy it makes me to see Caesars Entertainment taking the lead on curbing hotel waste.

If you stay in a hotel that doesn't participate in amenity recycling programs (and you give a shit) do the recycling for them. Take the stuff home, use it and throw the bottles in the recycle bin when you are done.

Comments & Discussion

Black box thing in shower is clever. I'm sure that allowed them to raise the shower head from its former low rider position. That cleverness is counteracted by that stupid curtain. As usual, great review. Did I miss any comment about a shatphone?

I am pleasantly surprised. The room is a nice size and looks comfortable. The switch on the lamp is a little weird as is the desk but not in a horrible way. The fridge is way cool and unexpected. How comfortable is the bed? This looks like an option if I want to save a little cash.

erzeszut posted on Saturday, 25th July 2015 - 5:17 am

Great review, and it jives perfectly with what I found on my recent stay. Linq has replaced Flamingo as my go-to value property.

I was just down the hall, in room 28148, July 12-14. Craziness.

erzeszut posted on Saturday, 25th July 2015 - 6:34 am

Er, room 21848, I mean. The room number I typed in the previous comment would indicate the 81st floor. Duh.

anawas posted on Saturday, 25th July 2015 - 1:39 pm

Seems like the desk and chair create a choke point in the room; I might be happier if the desk was flipped closer to the window area. I also think one desk chair and one aux. chair is a little skimpy for a room that *could* sleep four adults.

I share your dislike of hotel rooms featuring some or all of: the swampcooler/AC, "closet" curtain, and floor switch for the main lamp.

The barndoor bath and (empty!) fridge are very nice. I like that Big C is starting to care more about environmental stuff including: recycling, refillable dispensers, and (fridge) energy conservation.

To use your word, I'm grateful the bathrooms were a full remodel, which means they're clean now (or clean as long as it takes for the deferred maintenance to rear its ugly head).

Anyway, this room is not fancy, but might end up being where I'd stay in the future if I'm on the Vegas Strip on my own dime. Call it the IP, Quad, or Link, you can't beat the location.

My only complaint is the shampoo dispenser thing. It's all about saving money. Disney World used to do the same thing at their lowest tier "All-Star" hotels until about 2007 or so when they ripped out the dispensers and gave people the little bottles that they crave.

Thank you for this. With Monte Carlo evolving, I am also trying to establish a bargain, dependable go-to option on the strip. I really like unique touches like the bar graph note pad...I have not scene those in hotel rooms, ever. And, great point on the value of the fridge. I am just concerned about being able to trust these properties to adequately function under the current financial strain.

Diablo posted on Sunday, 26th July 2015 - 7:08 am

Dont know why anyone looking for a budget place would stay elsewhere. This looks pretty great for the price.

weatherman2111 posted on Sunday, 26th July 2015 - 9:04 pm

FYI you can also donate the mini-bottles to local shelters if you get a good amount together. They love having them to hand out.

I've been looking forward to this review, pre-Harrahs, I was a big fan of the remodeled, cheap rooms, at the IP, and I also get goosebumps from the entrance way and the feeling the old casino had upon walking in.

Things I'm glad to see, the rip roaring air conditioning is still an option, I've never had a room in Vegas that cooled down like the IP rooms, glad to see it's still the case. I like the new showers, they needed to replace the old tubs, although I suspect the water pressure now sucks on those shower heads, too bad, as it was another positive of the old place.

I like the overall remodel though, glad to see they gave it some real attention, although I do hate all those colors on the outside of the room windows, and painting over that 'rock' or whatever it is, makes it look worse then it already was, although views in my Linq room wouldn't be a priority.

Another pro tip, if you can get a back room on the 2nd floor I believe, you can use the back escalators to get to it, and no need for any elevators on a trip.

I also miss the old rooms that are now cabanas that had the walk out to the pool, such a cool little luxury in a crappy old place.

DuLac55 posted on Monday, 27th July 2015 - 12:52 pm

Why no balconies? When I saw the photos of The Linq getting it's "paint-lift" I ad assumed they would add a railing and restore an incredible feature. Now there is just a fuscia (or whatever color) overhang out your window. It's too late now I am sure as it appears they installed a floor-to-ceiling window instead of a door. Too bad, that would have really made The Linq Hotel stand out.

richb posted on Monday, 27th July 2015 - 6:58 pm

I would guess that black shower thingy is prefab plumbing. Put together in the controlled setting of a factory for better quaility control and quickier (and cheaper) constrution. Mounted in the inside of the shower instead of inside the wall to save time too. Plumber just hooks it up instead of building it out himself.

chemicle posted on Tuesday, 28th July 2015 - 5:36 am

What a great and thorough review. I'm new to the site and loved it. Thanks.

captainfunz posted on Monday, 3rd August 2015 - 8:34 pm

I'm impressed with what they've done with the space. It looks like they've managed to update every surface and create a modern and efficeint environment. I wonder, do you think Ceasars has their own design team or is this something they sub out?

I'm pretty sure that's not a swamp cooler. The AC looks like something you'd find in a motel or an extended stay and I'm sure the other half sits outside the wall.

The shower looks good. I'd bet they're covering pipes up below the head as that would be a silly waste of money and space if they weren't. The shampoo dispenser isn't a bad idea, they just need to make it more spa like and less like a rec. center locker room. I've stayed at a Viceroy where they provided $40 bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel. Use what you like, but take the bottle and you'd get charged.